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    Revenge was an English race-built galleon of 46 guns, built in 1577 and captured by the Spanish in 1591, sinking soon afterwards. She was the first of...
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  • warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge: English ship Revenge (1577) was a 46-gun galleon launched in 1577. She fought the Spanish Armada in 1588...
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    known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation...
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    1610), she was the predecessor of Nelson's Victory, although the Revenge, built in 1577 by Mathew Baker, was the inspiration for her, providing the innovation...
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    and when HMS Revenge was closed down and at the point of sailing, as part of the Grand Fleet, before the Battle of Jutland. Reportedly, on HMS Royal Oak...
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    deriving from the rock. In 1577, a much bigger expedition than the former was fitted out. The Queen lent the 200-ton Royal Navy ship HMS Aid or Ayde to the Company...
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  • circumnavigate the world to commemorate the 360th anniversary of Drake's 1577 voyage. The ship is still at sea when the war breaks out in 1939. Finch disobeys...
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  • the English or Royal Navy. Revenge was the second named vessel since it was used for a 46-gun galleon, launched in October 1577, captured by Spanish squadron...
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    HMS Scout was an S-class destroyer that served with the Royal Navy from the end of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. On retirement...
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    black Prince". Raphael Holinshed uses it several times in his Chronicles (1577); and it is also used by William Shakespeare, in his plays Richard II (written...
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